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- Security Emergency in Alpine Linux (musl and OpenSSH)
patch NOW - Microsoft's 'Open' 'AI' (Slop) Riding the Linux Brand for Self-Promotion
PR charade - Attack Path Found in APT, Patch Available
also patch today - Aaron Swartz's legacy lives on, but who profits from it?
November 8 is Aaron Swartz Day - The past, present and future of office suites
The practical conclusion is that LibreOffice and ODF compete on a different axis from the clones - Stable kernels: Linux 7.3.3, Linux 6.18.62, Linux 6.12.116, Linux 6.6.162, Linux 6.1.192, Linux 5.15.225, Linux 5.10.274, Linux 7.3.2, and Linux 6.18.61
I'm announcing the release of the 7.3.3 kernel - Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles - Poland: GNU/Linux Reaches 6% [original]
Poland has historically shown relatively low measures (or estimates) of GNU/Linux usage, but this seems to be changing this winter - Ian Murdock - by Larry Murdock
I share here some water-soaked fragments thrown up by the in-welling tide of imperfect memory; it’s about our beloved son Ian - Never Do Slop [original]
We have a very strict anti-slop stance - Year 21 for Techrights [original]
It's 5PM here - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
Education and more - Web Browsers and Static Site Generators
WWW related news - EmacsConf and Emacs News
Emacs leftovers - GNU/Linux Leftovers
Linux, and More - FSF meetings and videos from XDC 2026 are available
meetups and more - Standards/Consortia Leftovers
Standards and more - Security Leftovers
Security related picks and TCO - Devices, Linux, Open Hardware, and Mobile Leftovers
hardware side - Linux Mint, Canonical/Ubuntu, and Gaming
all Ubuntu related - Debian at Arm Cambridge, Retiring enc.com.au, More Debian Developers' Updates, and Mac Lookalikes
Debian picks - Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Fedora 45, and PHP Updates
Fedora and more - OpenSUSE Planet News Roundup and Tumbleweed Review of the Week
OpenSUSE picks - BSD: No sshhole for DragonFly, OpenBSD, and NetBSD Picks
BSD leftovers - GNOME "Fellowship Update" and "Global menu extension puts app menus in GNOME’s top panel"
GNOME picks - KDE: Kirigami Addons 1.16.1, Kaidan 0.17.0
pair of KDE releases - "It's FOSS" coverage of Passbolt and Kitty 0.50
2 picks - ISTIO-SECURITY-2026-009 and Two New Releases of Istio
Istio news - today's howtos
Instructionals/Technical leftovers - GOG GALAXY is Officially on GNU/ Linux
4 stories - Games: Godot Showcase, PlayStation 5 Emulator KytyPS5, and XeSS
3 stories - 'Disenchanted by Big Tech' - Why everyday people are switching to Linux to take back control of their privacy
TechRadar spoke to those who have already switched to Linux to understand their reasons - Android Leftovers
Motorola Razr Fold gets a much-needed software update, but still no Android 17 - KDE turns 30: Is Plasma the Linux desktop for people who hate GNOME?
I've been a GNOME user for more than a decade, and I have a complicated relationship with it - Hyprland made Linux feel fast, so I put it on a 14-year-old laptop
Linux can feel bloated at times, especially on an older machine - These are the 3 most chaotic Linux distros of all time
I went out looking for weird Linux distros, and here are some of the most baffling ones I came across - It’s Alpine Linux, On A Kindle Paperwhite 3
As you might expect, the Kindle must be jailbroken - Games: Epic Games Launcher (Slop Company), Roguefort, and More
11 stories from GamingOnLinux - Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software - EnderOS – portable Arch Linux-based live distribution
EnderOS is an Arch Linux-based live distribution designed to provide a portable, disposable computing environment - This Week in Kwi: Liftoff
he public announcement of Kwi last weekend has resulted in a flurry of activity both inside and outside the project - Renovate for KDE
Renovate is a helpful tool that updates your dependencies automatically - This Week in Plasma: Widgets Widgets Widgets
This week many widgets shipped with Plasma got quite a bit of polish - OnlyOffice Desktop Editors 10 - Very close to a ten
The likes of LibreOffice, my favorite office suite, hasn't solved it - Techrights is Twenty [original]
looking back at technical improvements, perils, and changes in focus or material covered - Programming Leftovers
Development picks - System76 Teases COSMIC Theme Constellations for Its COSMIC Desktop
System76 teases COSMIC Theme Constellations for their Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment bundled with wallpaper, colors, icons, and fonts. - Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles - It's Alpine Linux, On A Kindle Paperwhite 3
the Kindle must be jailbroken
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